SUN, MOON AND STARS – BOB CHILCOTT: SONGS AND
ARRANGEMENTS

Tenebrae Consort / Nigel Short (dir)

Signum SIGCD 903

[63:44]

This is an easy-listening CD. Chilcott’s music
always has instant appeal and the same can be
said of his arrangements. Of the 22 tracks here,
only five are original pieces, written in the
same
easy-going, sometimes jazz-influenced idiom –
think of the early days of the King’s Singers. In
many ways this is a
retrospective of Chilcott’s secular work covering
several decades,
and there is nothing here to rock the harmonic
boat. For me there
is a lack of variety in this particular
programme, but where there is
humour these excellent singers bring it off. An
offshoot of the choir
Tenebrae, Tenebrae Consort perform with
impeccable professionalism under director Nigel Short.